Thread: Are hunters taking longer shots these days?

Originally Posted by Jus

With the advances in ballistics, rifle engineering, range finders and apps for ballistic data on the fly, long range shooting is 100% on the rise. Basically the only variable we can’t 100% account for or validate is the wind and/or animal movement. We can judge both of theses fairly accurately and with the correct ballistic coefficients in projectile choice almost negate certain winds. Ie having to aim outside the kill zone to account for wind. The technology is there and is more than adequate to provide accurate shooting solutions, 600yard shots become easy. 1000 yards requires a whole nother level of skill though. Purely an observation, but the only people I’ve come across who either disdain shooting over a hundred meters or call the shooter irresponsible for shooting at range are people who never had the technologies when they cut their teeth as hunters. There is a difference between killing an animal at long range and “having a crack” at a distant animal

correct! Have to be an ethical shot.